Eli Roth

One of the most profitable directors working in the horror genre, Eli Roth earned both industry respect and fanboy acclaim following his first thriller, "Cabin Fever" (2002), a low-budget film that to...
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Actor/filmmaker Eli Roth's new movie, featuring Keanu Reeves and Roth's wife Lorenza Izzo as a predator, has been picked up by Lionsgate executives at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Knock Knock sold to the film studio for $2.5 million (GBP1.6 million) on Tuesday (27Jan15).

Rocker Marilyn Manson has spoken out about a controversial music video depicting a rape attack on Lana Del Rey, insisting, "It was never meant to be released."
The shock rocker was linked to the film after trying to convince Del Rey to star in a music promo for him, and fans were horrified by the subsequent broadcast of the controversial clip.
Reports suggested the video, which included a scene showing the young pop star being pinned to a bed and assaulted by a man, was a new Manson promo by Eli Roth, but he has now insisted the clip was an experiment and the two men never wanted it made public.
Manson tells NME.com, "It wasn't a Marilyn Manson video. The editor of the company that put it out was somebody who's edited my videos, that video was something that was done with a camera that Eli, who's my friend, and I both wanted to test out, so I let him test it out...what they filmed was put in context seemingly as if it were a Marilyn Manson video, and that was in no way the intention.
"Eli and I wanted to do a music video with (Lana) but she was being such a problem. Although I still respect her, I'm friends with her. I just left, I was tired, I was not willing to make that part of the video. Eli and I originally had intentions of making a video with her, but that is not the intention that is represented in that film clip because that is not what I filmed, not for my video.
"But the people put it together with my other clips. And it really strongly stands out of place, it doesn't really make sense. I would not make a video of that nature, nor would Eli. I don't think either of us were ever intending for that to be seen, it was more of a camera test. I'm a person that would beat somebody's a** if they raped somebody that I know. And obviously you can make Lana Del Rape jokes that have been in headlines..
"I consider her to a friend. Eli's a really good friend of mine and I consider this to be a grand mistake on the person who put it with my videos and I wasn't very pleased with that and I'm pretty sure the other two people involved were less pleased than I was because I really had nothing to do with it."

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson has distanced himself from a new music video leak, which appears to feature singer Lana Del Rey getting raped, insisting a fan has clearly spliced footage from two separate promos together. Moviemaker Eli Roth talked about the video he shot last year (13) during a recent interview with newsman Larry King, and fans thought they'd stumbled across the film promo when it was leaked online on Thursday (20Nov14).
The footage begins with a dinner party which descends into chaos as guests start throwing furniture.
It then cuts to a shot of Del Rey, who is dressed in just a top and underwear, being pinned down onto a bed by a man. The singer is seen struggling and screaming, and her attacker puts a hand over her mouth. After he walks away, she is left on the bed in tears.
But Manson has been quick to deny the leaked material is linked to one of his videos - a spokesman for the rocker says, "Manson did not direct this, shoot it, nor was it for a Marilyn Manson video or outtake footage made by him or to be used by him with his music.
"It must be a fan video splicing up old Manson video footage with someone else's Lana Del Rey footage."
The video has been removed from many of the sites which ran with it on Thursday morning.

Lana Del Rey has stunned fans by starring in a shocking rape scene in a leaked Marilyn Manson video.
The disturbing footage was filmed last year (13) by horror director Eli Roth and was never meant to be released, but it was leaked online on Thursday (20Nov14).
The film, which is not set to music, has been shot in slow motion and starts with a scene of a dinner party which descends into chaos as guests start throwing furniture. It then cuts to a shot of Del Rey, who is dressed in just a top and underwear, being pinned down onto a bed by a man. The singer is seen struggling and screaming, and her attacker puts a hand over her mouth. After he walks away, she is left on the bed in tears.
Roth mentioned the graphic film in an interview with U.S TV veteran Larry King last year (13), "I shot a video with Marilyn Manson and Lana Del Rey... The footage is so sick, it's been locked in a vault for over a year but Manson is a friend."

Chilean actress Lorenza Izzo has shared her marital joy with followers on Instagram.com after exchanging vows with moviemaker Eli Roth in Zapallar on Saturday (08Nov14). The 22 year old, who is exactly 20 years younger than her new husband, donned silly sunglasses, stuck her tongue out and flashed the peace sign as she posed for the social media photo in her Vera Wang wedding dress lying on a lawn and holding a wine glass.
She captioned it, "Gracias/thank you."
Roth and his Green Inferno leading lady wed on the beach at the Cachagua Polo Club.
They used the reception to promote the films they've made together by handing out popcorn in tubs featuring images from the movies.

Horror movie director Eli Roth has married his fiancee in Chile. The Hostel moviemaker exchanged vows with Lorenza Izzo on Saturday (08Nov14) in a ceremony on a beach in Zapallar, in the bride's native country.
The actress/model wore a Vera Wang dress and sported a garland of orange roses in her hair.
After the nuptials, the couple celebrated with family and friends at the Cachagua Polo Club.
A source tells Usmagazine.com, "There was a singer from Iceland, Brazilian dancers and a standee for My Big Fat Chilean Wedding that everyone posed with! At midnight roast lamb was served and people drank and danced until 4am."
Roth previously dated late British socialite Peaches Geldof, but they split in 2010.

The poster for moviemaker Eli Roth's new film Clown has been banned in Italy. Censors have decided the image of a menacing, scarred and bloodied clown and the tagline "No child is safe" is too much for the Italian public.
Roth announced the news on Instagram, writing, "Banned in Italy! This poster for #Clown."
A revised poster will hit the streets with the note, "The image of this poster was censored", scrawled across it.
The director has seen the new billboard and he's impressed, adding, "I think it's even creepier."
Roth developed the disturbing film with Jon Watts. It centres upon a desperate dad who dresses up as a clown for his son's birthday party only to find that the costume awakens something deep inside him.
The horror film opens in Italy on 13 November (14).

Horror film fans have been given the chance to pitch their ideas for the next shocker blockbuster directly to Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth as part of a new Halloween-related online contest. Devotees of spooky films will have just six seconds to scare a panel of judges, including the directors, and the best entry will be developed into a new film project by Roth.
Actress and horror film buff Vanessa Hudgens, Kid Cudi, Rob Lowe and Elijah Wood will also be voting for the best short film.

Filmmaker Eli Roth's horror series Hemlock Grove has been renewed for a third and final season. Netflix bosses announced on Tuesday (02Sep14) that the thriller's last 10 episodes will premiere sometime in 2015.
Roth showed his gratitude for the programme's viewers in a statement which reads: "We are so grateful to the fans of Hemlock Grove who have championed the series so intensely over two seasons. We are looking forward to taking the last and final season into some dark and unexpected places, and to giving viewers the killer finale you'd come to expect from Hemlock Grove."
The series, based on Brian McGreevy's novel of the same name, marked Roth's first foray into TV.

Actor/director Eli Roth is to wed his fiancee Lorenza Izzo in her native Chile in October (14). The couple will exchange vows in Santiago, according to sources.
Izzo stars in Roth's new cannibal movie The Green Inferno, which opens in Chile next month (Sep14).
The director previously dated late British socialite Peaches Geldof, but that relationship ended in 2010.

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Starred as a Nazi hunter in Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds"

Directed, "Hostel Part II," the sequel to the 2006 film about a torture ring in Europe

Co-wrote the horror film "Cabin Fever" with his roommate and friend from NYU Randy Pearlstein

Worked as a production assistant on the feature film "Private Parts"

Won a Student Academy Award for his thesis film, "Restaurant Dogs"

Directed and produced the animated series, "The Rotten Fruit"

Helmed the fake trailer segment "Thanksgiving" in addition to acting in "Death Proof," Quentin Tarantino's segment of the film "Grindhouse"

Helmed second feature, the psychological thriller "Hostel"

Made directorial debut with the horror film, "Cabin Fever" (sold at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival for $3.5 million dollars after a massive bidding war between eight studios)

Directed and produced the animated series, "Chowdaheads"

Summary

One of the most profitable directors working in the horror genre, Eli Roth earned both industry respect and fanboy acclaim following his first thriller, "Cabin Fever" (2002), a low-budget film that took years to make but propelled him into the spotlight. Roth followed up with "Hostel" (2006), an excessively graphic film that was a surprise box office hit and earned him the dubious honor of inventing the so-called horror subgenre, torture porn. Having become fast friends with the likes of Quentin Tarantino, Roth earned Hollywood cred for his association while directing the fake trailer that was shown in the Tarantino-Robert Rodriguez double feature "Grindhouse" (2007). After helming the less-successful sequel, "Hostel II" (2007), Roth stepped away from the director's chair and in front of the cameras for a major supporting role in Tarantino's award-winning "Inglorious Basterds" (2009) and a fun cameo in "Piranha 3-D" (2010). Though he planned to direct again, Roth enjoyed working behind the scenes as a producer on "The Last Exorcism" (2010) and co-writer on "The Man with the Iron Fists" (2012), which underscored the depth of his creative diversity.